Good Morning Andy, I just wanted to say thank you. I have to rewire 5 of these for my postwar layout that I’m in the process of building. I was so confused on how to rewire these controllers until I found your video. You did a wonderful job on explaining the entire process and making it so simple to complete this task. I am a new subscriber to your channel. 😊
You did not mention one of the most critical parts of the rebuild. There are two spacing /insulating issues not mentioned in your vid. The proper alignment of the insulating squares and the plastic "doughnut" that sits between the spring contact "arms". The spacing between the contacts themselves and the use of the plastic spacer to prevent contact. Also there is a difference in thickness between the square Bakelite insulators that go between each of contact springs. I think you could do a whole video on that issue alone. I did learn some things about alignment of the wire which I will use in my shop.
Excellent descriptive tutorial - with one exception. Did you have to disassemble the controller interior parts in order to solder the wires? If so, I wish that was shown. There is so little space to work that I presume you disassembled the copper plates inside the controller. Am I missing something? Thank you very much for this totorial. Hope you feel better!
Excellent descriptive tutorial - with one exception. Did you have to disassemble the controller interior parts in order to solder the wires? If so, I wish that was shown. There is so little space to work that I presume you disassembled the copper plates inside the controller. Am I missing something? Thank you very much for this totorial. Hope you feel better!
Good Morning Andy,
I just wanted to say thank you. I have to rewire 5 of these for my postwar layout that I’m in the process of building. I was so confused on how to rewire these controllers until I found your video. You did a wonderful job on explaining the entire process and making it so simple to complete this task. I am a new subscriber to your channel. 😊
You did not mention one of the most critical parts of the rebuild. There are two spacing /insulating issues not mentioned in your vid. The proper alignment of the insulating squares and the plastic "doughnut" that sits between the spring contact "arms". The spacing between the contacts themselves and the use of the plastic spacer to prevent contact. Also there is a difference in thickness between the square Bakelite insulators that go between each of contact springs. I think you could do a whole video on that issue alone. I did learn some things about alignment of the wire which I will use in my shop.
Andy: Did you dis-assemble the push button uncoupler or did you solder the wires while the unit was still together? Where did you get the wire?
Excellent descriptive tutorial - with one exception. Did you have to disassemble the controller interior parts in order to solder the wires? If so, I wish that was shown. There is so little space to work that I presume you disassembled the copper plates inside the controller. Am I missing something? Thank you very much for this totorial. Hope you feel better!
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Excellent descriptive tutorial - with one exception. Did you have to disassemble the controller interior parts in order to solder the wires? If so, I wish that was shown. There is so little space to work that I presume you disassembled the copper plates inside the controller. Am I missing something? Thank you very much for this totorial. Hope you feel better!